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Hackers try to cause seizures on epilepsy site
AP ^ | 5-7-2008 | AP

Posted on 05/07/2008 8:28:04 PM PDT by Westlander

Computer attacks typically don't inflict physical pain on their victims.

But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's Web site with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images.

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: hacker; seizure; web
Bizarre.
1 posted on 05/07/2008 8:32:02 PM PDT by Westlander
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